Means for sealing vessels.



PATENTED APR. 28, 1908.

J. A. HICKS. MEANS FOR SEALING VESSELS.

I APPLICATION FILED JAN. 15, 1906.

nniann STATES PATENT snares;

JOHN AUGUSTUS HICKS, OF SUMMIT, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO

AUTO STOPPER COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A

CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

MEANS FOR SEALING vEssELs.

,No. 885,846. a I

HICKS, a citizen of the United States of' America, residing at Summit, Union county,

New ersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Means for Sealmg Vessels, of which the following is a specifica- I tion.

My invention relates to means for sealing vessels and it consists in certain eleinents an combinations fully set forth and claimed in p the following specification.

- In order that those skilled in the art to whichmy invention appertains, may understand, construct and use my invention, I will proceed to describe it referring to theiaccom panying drawings forming part of this specication in which i .Figure 1.' is a longitudinal central section of a bottle with my invention ap lied to it, the sealing means being secure over the mouth of the bottle. Fig. 2. is a longitudinal" central section of a-bottle having a part of my invention applied to it. A stopper being partially entered in the bore of the bottle, and the other part of my invention in a position above the bottle mouth ready to be closed down upon the bottle, which consists in a sealing calp provided with a sealing wafer within its wal I A indicates a bottle neck. B indicates an exterior head at the top of theneck A. l

C .indicates a drop flange to asealing cap andD indicates the top surface of the same to which the flange'O is pendent.

E indicates a sealing wafer in cap.

the sealing F indicates a stopperfor closing the bore G of the bottle, shown ta ering to agree with the taper bore of the bott e.

.G is the bore of the bottle shown tapering centrally. Y

The means shown for securing the cap upon the bottle is-similar to that atented to James M. Hicks, Feb. 21st. 1905, 0. 783,038

may be employed.

By the means shown for securin the cap and wafer upon thebottle, the cap ange O is and is preferred, but other equivalentmeans of less diameter than the extreme diameter 0 the bead B, so that the caplflan'ge is stretched ead and hugs the part of the saidflange after it has assed the ead contracts to about itsorigin diameter Specification of Letters Patent. Application filedJanuary i5,1906. Serial no. 296,062.

'ent from said top E (13th) day Patented a rn'as, 190s.

hugs thesaid bead upon its inner surthus securing-it upon the vessel against and face,

ead so closely as to form a seal between the material of the bottle and the inner surface of the cap flange C, which in'most cases is dred liquids. The sto per F is inserted instantly thebottle is fille and before there is any chance for 'liquids'under pressure to discharge gas, subsequently the ca and wafer are applied by force, in doing w ich the stopper F, 1s forced home. into the bore of the bottle, and the wafer E is compressed u on the'top of the walls of the bottlemout and the two together form a double seal to the bottle, and with the sealing contact between the flange C and the head B, forms a triple seal. This scaling is used principally where lagerbeer is put up in bott es and steamed to klll wild yeast and bacteria which. is detrimental to beer causing secondary fermentation to the injury of the taste and quality of the beer. The insertion of the stopper instantly the bottle is filled largely prevents this secondary action andfthe subsequent sealing with the cap and wafer secures an inner sealing and a top sealing in fact a double sealing, in which the whole mouth of the bottle inside and out is covered with sealing material in addition to the seal between the cap flange O and bead B. Having now fully described my invention and the manner in which I have embodied it what I claim as new and as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is circumferential bead near the top of its neck; downwardly and centrally tapering walls in the bore of said neck; a stopper entered ing cap having a top surface; a flange pend surface and containing a sealing wafer, said cap'being secured over tially as specified. .In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence.of two subscribing witnesses, this thirteenth of January 1906.

l Witnesses:

" JOHN AUGUSTUS ncKs.

JAMES M. Hroxs, NATHANIEL P. BARR.

pressure from within, it also hugs the said.

and beneath said bead on the vessel neck by pressure exerted vertically thereon, substantight against the vapor of ammonia and kin- A vessel having an unbroken continuous] within said taper walls of the vessel; a seal- 

